church Archives - Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/tag/church/ Tue, 05 Aug 2025 02:16:50 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/brianharrisauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cropped-brianharrisauthor-favicon-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 church Archives - Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/tag/church/ 32 32 93416650 Refresh: Churched, Un-Churched and De-Churched https://brianharrisauthor.com/refresh-churched-un-churched-and-de-churched/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/refresh-churched-un-churched-and-de-churched/#respond Tue, 29 Apr 2025 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=5550 This was a relatively early post on this blog – dating all the way back to Nov 2015 – but continues to be one of the most frequently downloaded. If anything, the topic is even more pertinent a decade later. Churched, Un-Churched and De- Churched If you’re up with the discussions on the future of […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/refresh-churched-un-churched-and-de-churched/feed/ 0 5550 Missing You: Gaps that aren’t Filled when People Leave… https://brianharrisauthor.com/missing-you-gaps-that-arent-filled-when-people-leave/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/missing-you-gaps-that-arent-filled-when-people-leave/#comments Sat, 02 Nov 2024 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=5098 I came across a beautiful poem by Irish poet Dennis O’Driscoll entitled simply, Missing God. It’s about the societal drift away from God and all the things we lose in that journey. One verse reflects on how different civil marriage ceremonies feel as they avoid words like “everlasting” and “divine”: Miss Him during the civil […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/missing-you-gaps-that-arent-filled-when-people-leave/feed/ 4 5098 Aspirational or Actual: Navigating the Gap… https://brianharrisauthor.com/aspirational-or-actual-navigating-the-gap/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/aspirational-or-actual-navigating-the-gap/#respond Sat, 12 Oct 2024 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=5057 Do you have a picture of an ideal you? What does it look like? My ideal me is wise, kind, loyal, energetic, creative, courageous, prophetic, pastoral, thoughtful, engaged, pure, free, mindful, generous, funny, impacting, sensitive, inclusive, affirming, joyous, hopeful, positive, smart, informed, full of faith and at least a dozen other hopelessly optimistic adjectives and […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/aspirational-or-actual-navigating-the-gap/feed/ 0 5057 Because You are Called… https://brianharrisauthor.com/because-you-are-called/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/because-you-are-called/#respond Sat, 10 Feb 2024 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4670 Through some slightly unusual circumstances I’ve been asked to preach on the same topic (at different churches) for a few weeks in a row. The topic? “Called”. Or “Because you are called”. Perhaps you could say I’ve been called to preach on being called – but perhaps that’s trying to be too smart. I love […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/because-you-are-called/feed/ 0 4670 When Church is Beautiful… https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-church-is-beautiful/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-church-is-beautiful/#comments Sat, 04 Nov 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4535 I don’t know if you have ever left a church service thinking, “Wow – that was beautiful – really beautiful.” Given the bad press the church often gets, I can imagine some of the cynical comments that could be forming, but why not put them on hold, and listen to the experience I’ve had the […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-church-is-beautiful/feed/ 5 4535 Is church working for you? https://brianharrisauthor.com/is-church-working-for-you/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/is-church-working-for-you/#comments Sat, 19 Aug 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4427 He is a very committed Christian but recently said to me, “This church thing, it’s just not working for me. The kids are bored, I’m bored, a lot of what happens is silly, and I experience God a lot more when I’m out in nature than when I’m forced to sit still and listen to […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/is-church-working-for-you/feed/ 2 4427 DFM: The Direction, Focus, Motivation Trio https://brianharrisauthor.com/dfm-the-direction-focus-motivation-trio/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/dfm-the-direction-focus-motivation-trio/#comments Sat, 06 May 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4289 You might know that I now direct AVENIR Leadership Institute. It’s a lot of fun to lead something I was instrumental in founding, especially as it means I can’t pull the “I don’t know what the founders were thinking” card. If it’s not to my liking, it’s a little too obvious who is to blame! […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/dfm-the-direction-focus-motivation-trio/feed/ 2 4289 Misdiagnosis… https://brianharrisauthor.com/misdiagnosis/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/misdiagnosis/#comments Sat, 22 Apr 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4267 If you are into medical thrillers you know about the dangers of misdiagnosis. You will have seen shows where the medication supposed to help the patient is quietly killing them, while the actual cause of the problem remains untreated. Misdiagnosis is an issue, but it’s compounded when no one is willing to concede that they […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/misdiagnosis/feed/ 14 4267 Remembering and Hope… https://brianharrisauthor.com/remembering-and-hope/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/remembering-and-hope/#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4171 We live in an era of chronological snobbery, where only the most current is seen to be worthy of attention. Often we judge the past too severely, assuming every tool at our disposal was available to earlier generations and forgetting how much they did with so much less than we have. While I am convinced […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/remembering-and-hope/feed/ 2 4171 Because Place Matters… https://brianharrisauthor.com/because-place-matters/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/because-place-matters/#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4162 I still remember the lines from Paul Tournier’s book, A Place for You, “Basically I have always been looking for a place. A place to call home.” Tournier writes at the interface between faith and psychology and insightfully explores the importance of belonging and knowing that there is a place for you. Place might be […]

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